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Heya everyone,

I'm new to this forum so please forgive me if I'm posting this on the wrong place. I've just encountered a problem with my script which prevents functions, that are called by pressing a hotkey, to be executed.

I've tested a simple script which terminates itself when the letter "p" is pressed. Although this works perfectly when I'm working on the desktop, it doesn't work when I'm working on a full-screen/borderless program.

This is my script:

#Include <Misc.au3>;

HotkeySet("p","terminate");

While(true)

;Main Loop

WEnd

Func terminate()

Exit;

EndFunc

Is there anyway to get around this problem? I'm not sure but I believe that it was working before on another computer. I've tried running the script in x64 and x86 but there doesn't seem to be any difference regarding this problem.

Also I've got another small question. Is there a way to prevent the send() function from triggering hotkeys? For example, if I have a hotkey which is activated when "a" is pressed, and later in the program I'm calling send("a"), the hotkey would be activated.

I would appreciate it if someone could give me a solution or a hint,

Thank you very much,

Orestis

Edit: By the way my code appeared messy when I put it inside an AutoIt element so I just used a quote. I hope that's ok ;)

Edited by orestis125
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Your "full-screen/borderless program" is most likely eating the hotkey, or actively preventing

automation.

As for other problem.

Func _Send($s)
    HotKeySet($s,"")
    Send($s)
    HotKeySet($s","_Func")
EndFunc
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;#include <Misc.au3>;

$rc = HotKeySet("p", "terminate");

If Not $rc Then Exit MsgBox(262144,"",@lf & "Hotkeyset Error " & $rc & @lf,0)

While 1

Sleep(2000) ; wait 2 secobnds

Beep(440,200) ; and beep to show "beeing alive"

;Main Loop

WEnd

Func terminate()

HotKeySet("p") ; cancel hotkey

MsgBox(262144, "", @LF & " Hotkey disabled " & @LF, 2)

Exit;

EndFunc ;==>terminate

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orestis125,

I'm working on a full-screen/borderless program

Would you care to let us know what the particular full screen/borderless program is? The more information you give, the more focused the help you are likely to get. ;)

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I might be having the same problem here, and I'm not sure how to get around it. I'm trying to use this to do some automated user interface testing to click around on the Microsoft windows mobile device emulator. I'm really just trying to implement a simple exit key to stop the script from executing.

The script below works, and the start, stop and exit functions all work up until the TestCustomer() function is entered. once that starts, there's no stopping it until the loop reaches the counter value. One that function starts, none of the hot keys fire anymore. I'm thinking that once the device emulator window has focus that all keyboard input gets sent to the emulator and bypasses the script. Any ideas how to get around this?

HotKeySet("{F2}", "_start")
HotKeySet("{F8}", "_stop")
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_exit")

$stop = False
$started = False
$exit = False
$sleepDefault = 500
$sleepOffset = 2000
$i = 0

While 1
   if $i > 1 or $exit then ExitLoop ; Need this to get out eventually
   if $started Then
      TestCustomer()
 $i = $i + 1
   EndIf
   sleep (100)
WEnd

Func TestCustomer()
   MouseClick("left",117,152,1) ; Customer
   sleep($sleepDefault + $sleepOffset)
   MouseClick("left",183,270,2) ; Double Click customer
   sleep ($sleepDefault)
   MouseClick("left",94,414,1) ; Back
   sleep ($sleepDefault)
   MouseClick("left",94,414,1) ; Home
   sleep ($sleepDefault)
EndFunc

Func _start()
   Consolewrite("Started")
$stop = False
$started = True
EndFunc

Func _stop()
   ConsoleWrite("stop")
$stop = True
$started = False
EndFunc

Func _exit()
   ConsoleWrite("Exit")
   $exit = True
Exit
EndFunc
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Does it work with other windows active? If it does, then it's the program that you're trying to click into.

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